The BCH Department of Surgery team saved the best for last with Claire Ostertag-Hill, MD’s amazing talk today!

I do not have the words to say how absolutely proud I am of our amazing ⁦BCH Department of Surgery⁩ research residents ⁦Donna Koo, MD⁩ ⁦Nina Scalise⁩ ⁦Megan Zaiyi Chiu, MD (she/her)⁩ at bringing this project to life! 🤩🙌🏼⭐️ #ProudMentor #WomenInSurgery

It's been an incredible honor to work with such a thoughtful & supportive mentor on this important work. Watch out everyone, Eliza J. Lee, MD is just getting started and I can't wait to see her change the world #proudmentee BCH Department of Surgery Heung Bae Kim

My first big conference of research was IPEG 2023, so it feels so surreal to wrap up my dedicated research years at #IPEG2024! Huge thanks to my colleagues & mentors at BCH Department of Surgery for this opportunity, especially Ben Zendejas, Farokh Demehri, and Shawn Izadi, MD MPH 🙏🏼 IPEG

An incredible presentation on our institution's diaphragm plication outcomes by BCH Department of Surgery research fellow Megan Zaiyi Chiu, MD (she/her)!! Making her mentors so proud Farokh Demehri Ben Zendejas #IPEG2024 IPEG

My first international conference presentation done and I got to do it with my senior cofellows Donna Koo, MD and Claire Ostertag-Hill, MD! Thank you thank you to my incredible mentors Farokh Demehri and Ben Zendejas for the opportunity! #IPEG2024 IPEG BCH Department of Surgery

Last big conference during my dedicated research years! Thank you to my incredible colleagues & mentors at BCH Department of Surgery for this opportunity, especially Dr. Dickie and Hatim Thaker, MD #IPEG2024

Need accurate prognostication data for your patients with complicated appendicitis?? 🎩 ‘s off to Kerri McKie MD MPH for demonstrating the gold-standard predictive value of NSQIP-P severity criteria! BCH Department of Surgery APSA Surgeons Brigham and Women’s Department of Surgery JAMA Surgery jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas…

Prognostication for your patients with complicated appendicitis based on NSQIP-Pediatric criteria! Absolute honor to work with Shawn Rangel and the whole Rangel Lab at BCH Department of Surgery

Amazing talk by Rosa Kim on The Impact of Technique on Outcomes in Pediatric Restorative Proctocolectomy with IPAA at #SAAS2024! Starting off her research time like a boss! BCH Department of Surgery

Feeling very lucky to have such an amazing mentor! Heung Bae Kim what an inspirational talk! Can’t wait to continue innovating! SocAsianAcadSurg BCH Department of Surgery Boston Children's #saas2024 #surgicalinnovation

The incredible Haley Etskovitz, DO, MBS is at it again with a great talk on predictors of surgical intervention in children with very early onset inflammatory bowel disease! Always making Prathima Nandivada and BCH Department of Surgery so so proud 🤩 #SAAS2024 SocAsianAcadSurg

So so proud of my co-fellow, Megan Zaiyi Chiu, MD (she/her), presenting important work looking at outcomes after diaphragm plication via open compared to minimally invasive approaches at #SAAS2024!! BCH Department of Surgery Farokh Demehri SocAsianAcadSurg

Incredible talk by my former senior co-fellow Donna Koo, MD! Fantastic presentation on vacuum bell therapy for pectus! SocAsianAcadSurg BCH Department of Surgery Boston Children's #SAAS2024 Making Farokh Demehri proud! As always an inspiration! 👯‍♀️

Another incredible talk by the surgeon-scientist-innovator, Donna Koo, MD, on the key factors behind efficacy and compliance with vacuum bell therapy for pectus excavatum! #SAAS2024 SocAsianAcadSurg BCH Department of Surgery Boston Children's

So thankful to my mentors at BCH Department of Surgery and to the SocAsianAcadSurg for the opportunity to present our work! #SAAS2024

One of our PGY3 residents, Donna Koo, MD, presenting her work on vacuum bell outcomes for pectus excavatum from her dedicated research time at BCH Department of Surgery. Proud of our residents presenting around the country! #SAAS2024 SocAsianAcadSurg

What a way to kick off PGY🔬 with 1st conference at #SAAS2024 ! So grateful to Prathima Nandivada lab BCH Department of Surgery for this experience ❤️

So impressed with Leah Froehle at the podium this morning teaching us that tight junction proteins are deficient in ganglionic and aganglionic colon in children with Hirschsprung disease! Making Prathima Nandivada lab and BCH Department of Surgery proud at #SAAS2024

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